{"id":2584,"date":"2009-11-19T01:48:06","date_gmt":"2009-11-19T07:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=2584"},"modified":"2010-06-26T20:43:23","modified_gmt":"2010-06-27T01:43:23","slug":"dark-knight-toys-headed-back-to-retail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=2584","title":{"rendered":"Dark Knight toys headed back to Retail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mattel has provided an update on the future of the Movie Masters Dark Knight line: <!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=left src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/resources\/images\/matty.jpg?w=640\" border=0 hspace=10  data-recalc-dims=\"1\">Hey <i><b>Dark Knight<\/b><\/i> Fans, <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got a hot update on Movie Masters\u2122 <i><b>The Dark Knight<\/b><\/i> products&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>You already know that initially the plan was to offer one new figure per month at MattyCollector.com. Thanks to you, loyal <i><b>Dark Knight<\/b><\/i> fans, sales have been so good that we&#8217;re feeling confident enough to increase production and <b>also bring the line to Toys &#8220;R&#8221; Us in the spring<\/b>. <\/p>\n<p>The good news is that you&#8217;ll be able to walk into your local Toys &#8220;R&#8221; Us and find <i><b>The Dark Knight<\/b><\/i> figures. The even better news? You&#8217;ll still be able to get them at <b>MattyCollector.com<\/b> and because of the increased production numbers, we&#8217;ll be <b>reducing the price to just $15 each<\/b>! <\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how it&#8217;ll go down: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mattycollector.com\/store\/matty\/en_US\/DisplayProductDetailsPage\/productID.165682900\" name=\"The Joker as Gotham City Thug\"><b>The Joker as <i>Gotham City<\/i> Thug<\/b><\/a> figure started out here on MattyCollector.com, and <b>will continue to be a MattyCollector.com exclusive<\/b> as long as we&#8217;ve got stock. The <b>remaining six figures<\/b> in the line will be available here first, one each month for the new price of $15 each. Then this spring they&#8217;ll all be available at Toys &#8220;R&#8221; Us <i>except<\/i> for The Joker as <i><b>Gotham City<\/b><\/i> Thug. At press time, here&#8217;s how the line is slated for sale here at MattyCollector.com (subject to change, as always):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ON SALE NOW: The Joker as <i><b>Gotham City<\/b><\/i> Thug<i> &#8211; a MattyCollector.com exclusive!<\/i><\/li>\n<li>December 15: Survival Suit <i><b>Bruce Wayne<\/b><\/i> <\/li>\n<li>January 15: <i><b>Harvey Dent<\/b><\/i> <\/li>\n<li>February 15: The Joker with Missile Launcher<\/li>\n<li>March 15: Scarecrow<\/li>\n<li>April 15:<i><b> Batman<\/b><\/i> (Night Vision)<\/li>\n<li>May 17: <i><b>Two-Face<\/b><\/i> <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You know I always try to tell you like it is. While this strategy won&#8217;t work for every Mattycollector.com line, when the second-highest grossing film of all time* is behind a toy line, it gives us a unique opportunity to bump up production numbers and offer it at retail as well so even more fans can get the characters they want.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll let you know as soon as we have expected on-shelf dates. We really appreciate everyone&#8217;s support for this great line!<\/p>\n<p>-Matty<\/p>\n<p>*<i>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/boxoffice\/alltimegross\" name=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/boxoffice\/alltimegross\">http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/boxoffice\/alltimegross<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?page_id=2024\">MattyCollector Shipping Calendar<\/a> has been updated with the new shipping dates. Meanwhile, how do you feel about this development? You can let us know in our newest ItsAllTrue Feature: It&#8217;s All Poll! We&#8217;ve got two running right now. You can vote below on your feelings towards The Dark Knight Movie Master line and to the left you can vote on which MattyCollector item you&#8217;re most interested in for December 2009!<br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"javascript\"\n  src=\"http:\/\/static.polldaddy.com\/p\/2274838.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<noscript><br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/answers.polldaddy.com\/poll\/2274838\/\">Will you be picking up Movie Masters online or waiting to snag them at Toys \u201cR\u201d Us?<\/a><br \/>\n <span style=\"font:9px;\">(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.polldaddy.com\">polls<\/a>)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/noscript><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mattel has provided an update on the future of the Movie Masters Dark Knight line:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[47,10],"tags":[70,199,20,2574,198,2572,2560],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pObc6-FG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3594,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=3594","url_meta":{"origin":2584,"position":0},"title":"ItsAllTrueReview: Dark Knight Harvey Dent (Movie Masters)","date":"January 26, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Reviews&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5013,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=5013","url_meta":{"origin":2584,"position":1},"title":"Vault Review: Dark Knight Movie Masters Two-Face","date":"April 20, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Out of Batman\u2019s entire disfigured, homicidal rogues gallery, my favorite has always been Two-Face. 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Luckily, the changes to this version make him more\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;DCClassics.Com&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3598,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=3598","url_meta":{"origin":2584,"position":4},"title":"Mr. Rant likes his Green Lantern figures big.","date":"January 26, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Toy Guru recently announced his promotion to brand manager of the action figure line based on the upcoming Green Lantern movie. First, congratulations. Second, there\u2019s an issue I wanted to address before it\u2019s too late. Mattel, Toy Guru, I want you to stop doing 5 inch Movie Masters. 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